ACPHS In The News

Associate Professor Sara Alvaro directs the Forensic Science program at ACPHS. She says forensic science is cool. We asked her to back that up with evidence.  1. You have described your work this way: “Forensic scientists are like regular scientists but way cooler

Some people know early what they want to be when they grow up, long before they have many experiences.   But for Bridget Doherty, it was experience that triggered the call of medicine. At 39, she is motivated to draw on her background parenting a child with multiple medical anomalies to bring compassionate care to patients and their families

Justin Morehouse is a 24-year-old student who transferred into ACPHS after the closure of his former school, the College of Saint Rose. A psychology major who is a little older than traditional undergraduates, he wanted to combine his degree with pre-med, to pursue a career in psychiatry

Associate Professor Jacqueline Cleary maintains a pharmacy practice at Saratoga Community Health Center and teaches courses in pain management. She also enlists students in efforts to reduce the effects of opioid addiction in the community. We asked Dr

The Panther gym was packed and full of anticipation Friday morning – not with athletes but future scientists and health professionals on a mission to reduce the spread of malaria.   About 140 top high-school students were on hand for ACPHS’ second Future of Healthcare Workshop

In its first match against other schools early this month, the fledgling ACPHS Mock Trial Team held its own in a highly competitive field at Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, N.J. The team of eight, including five who were brand-new to mock-trial competitions, had much to contend with at the regional competition, including car trouble on the New York State Thruway that delayed their arrival in Newark

If you’ve ever heard a Ringo Starr hit from the 1970s or a White Lion one from the ‘90s, you may believe that love just “don’t come easy.” Nothing could be further from the truth for Drs. Charles Middleton and Faith Peckham, graduates of the ACPHS Class of ’24

The Muslim Student Association’s big event of the year will take place at the end of March, when they host iftar, a meal to end the dawn-to-dusk fasting practiced daily during the holy month of Ramadan, a time of spiritual reflection.  Before Ramadan begins, though, MSA will recognize World Hijab Day in early February

In recognition of Black History Month, we’re highlighting a movement during the Great Depression to improve working conditions for pharmacists – and the participation in that movement by one Black alum, Bertrand Leonard Roberts '28. Though he attended the College almost a century ago, Roberts’ efforts made an impact on an ACPHS faculty member’s work much more recently

Photos courtesy of Mount Sinai Health System Compounding Success is a series on the plethora of careers in pharmacy. Aniwaa Owusu Obeng ’11 is senior director of the Mount Sinai Pharmacogenomics Program at the Mount Sinai Health System in Manhattan